翻译专业资格考试（二级口译综合能力）备考试题及答案（二）.doc

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1、翻译专业资格考试（二级口译综合能力）备考试题及答案（二）Part I1.According to the speaker, the human community tends to have a narrow interpretation of the notion o f progress.答案：A解析：语义的理解和判断。录音中关于人类社会对“进步”的理解为“Society is all too committed to the notion of progress as measured through economic growth and population expansion.,

2、all too相当于一个程度副词的作用，意为“实在太（很）”，该句话表示说话者认为社会对进步的理解太过狭隘，总是以经济发展和人口增长两项指标来衡量。接着说话者指出“人们并未仔细考虑过致力于可持续发展”。由此可知，题干描述的“说话者认为人类社会对进步这一概念的理解是狭隘的”符合录音中相关内容。【录音原文】Society is all too committed to the notion of progress as measured through economic growth and population expansion.The concept of working toward a

3、sustainable future is not given much thought.Energy policy, for example, concentrates on expanding supply, with relatively little R&D being devoted to improving the efficiency of energy use.Yet without a change in course, human activities are destined to further degrade the global environment.2.Indi

4、as economy is expected to grow at a fast pace of 8 percent in the years to come.答案：B解析：录音中描述到印度今年的经济增速为8%，但最后一句指出官僚主义(bureaucracy)和政府肆意借贷(profligate government borrowing)可能会douse接下来几年的经济增长，douse意为“弄湿；急速收帆”，此处为比喻的说法，暗示接下来几年印度的经济增长可能就达不到8%了。【录音原文】India has more than its share of problems beyond shoddy

5、 roads and ports.This year, the economy is expected to grow about 8 percent, a rate that is catching investors attention.But bureaucracy and profligate government borrowing may douse growth in the years ahead.3.A new idea is that researchers need to combine several drugs into a therapy so that sever

6、al mutations can be treated simultaneously.答案：B解析：录音首句首先指出“考虑到情况的复杂性，研究者感到有必要在治疗过程中将几种药物结合使用以同时治疗几种变体”，从录音中接下来提到的“That is not, it must be said,a new idea”可知题干有误。【录音原文】Given the complexity of the problem, then, researchers see a need to combine several drugs into a therapy so that several mutations c

7、an be treated simultaneously.That is not, it must be said, a new idea.Combination therapies arestandard for most cancers (and also for AIDS).But most existing treatments include several of the traditional, non-specific drugs.The trick now is to work out how to build successful combinations using the

8、 new generation of targeted drugs.4.Tomorrows air craft may employ principles of flying fundamentally different from the Wright Brothers pioneering effort.答案：B解析：该段录音主要讲述未来的飞机可能与the Wrights pioneering effort有更大的不同，人们现在只能对到底有多么不同进行猜测，而题干描述的“未来的飞机可能会采用与the Wrights pioneering effort从根本上不同的飞行原理”过于绝对。【录音

9、原文】Tomorrows air craft are likely to be still more marvelous, and perhaps even more different than todays from the Wrights pioneering effort.Predicting how different requires guess work, an open mind and even a dollop of science fiction.5.A recent study by the Center for Economic Policy Research say

10、s that, in order to ease imbalances, the European Union needs to make changes while the United States has to spend more and save less.答案：B解析：特定信息的找寻和判断。关于CEPR最近一项研究提出的缓解不平衡的措施，录音中指出“.Asian governments, the United States and the European Union to coordinate policy”，表明亚洲各国政府、美国和欧盟应该协调政策。而题干中却指出“the Eu

11、ropean Union needs to make changes”（欧盟需做出调整），显然与录音原文不符。其次，还提到“the US also has to save more and cut spending”，可知美国人应该多存少花，而题干中所说的“美国人必须得多花少存”正好与录音中的描述相反。因此，该题表述有误。【录音原文】A recent study by the Center for Economic Policy Research, or CEPR, in London says the best way to ease imbalances would be for Asia

12、n governments, the United States and the European Union to coordinate policy.It says that while Asia needs to make changes, the US also has to save more and cut spending.6.Other countries surrounding the ocean are strongly opposed to Russias claim to a large part of the ocean.答案：B解析：录音中指出上月俄罗斯在海床插上了

13、一面国旗，以表明其对大部分海洋底下的石油和矿产资源的所有权，而其他国家的态度是“equally determined to grab a slice of the action”，可见其他国家也决定从中获得好处，并非题干描述的“强烈反对(strongly opposed)”。【录音原文】Russia grabbed the headlines last month by planting a flag on the ocean bed to dramatize its claim under the UN Law of the Sea to oil and mineral rights ben

14、eath a large part of the ocean.Other nations surrounding the ocean are equally determined to grab a slice of the action.7.Except the Inuit people, nobody can lay claim to the Arctic.答案：A解析：从录音中提到的“No one can claim the Arctic as their god-given right, with the possible exception of the Inuit people.”

15、，可知在说话者看来除了因纽特人（Inuit people），没有人可以宣称对北极的所有权，因此题干符合录音内容。【录音原文】There must be a better way to respond to the opening up of new environments as the ice retreats.There is no need for a carve-up.No one can claim the Arctic as their god-given right, with the possible exception of the Inuit people, wholack

16、 the nationhood needed to stake a claim.And do we really have no better use for this near-pristine ecosystem than to plunge oil rigs down in the middle of it, especially when we know what climatic harm burning that oil will do?8.The government program aims to provide low-cost health care to the Amer

17、icans who dont have insurance.答案：A解析：录音中指出美国大多数没有医疗保险的人实际上有工作但是通常情况下工资很低，社区卫生中心(community health centers)提供一种非常重要的cost-effective service，由于政府补贴，一些服务是免费的或在变动收费范围，而这是一项值得扩展的政府项目。因此题干正确。【录音原文】For decades, community health centers have done a very good job of providing low-cost primary health care to th

18、ose with and without insurance.Since most of the nations uninsured actually are employed-but often in low-wage jobs -these centers provide an invaluable cost-effective service and, thanks to government subsidies, some care is free or on a sliding fee scale.This is one government program worthy of ex

19、pansion.Yet, while touted by the Bush Administration, adequate funding has not been forthcoming.9.The speaker thinks that it is probably a good investment to spend a small amount of money on multivitamins though there is uncertain proof of their benefits.答案：A解析：观点态度的找寻和判断。关于对multivitamins（复合维生素）的看法，

20、录音中首先给出传统的观点，然后指出“Now it seems those doctors may have been wrong”，由此可推测，下文内容是对讲话者观点的描述。从录音最后的总结句“Although proof of the benefits of multivitamin is still far from certain, the few dollars you spend on them is probably a good investment”，可知在说话者看来，虽然尚无证明复合维生素有益的充足证据，但是花点钱在复合维生素上很可能还是值得的。因此，该题的内容与录音原文相符

21、。【录音原文】For many years, doctors advised their patients that the only thing taking multivitamins dose is to give them expensive urine.After all, true vitamin deficiencies, such as scurvy and pellagra, are practically unheard of in industrialized countries.Now it seems those doctors may have been wrong

22、.The results of a growing number of studies suggest that even a modest vitamin shortfall can be harmful to your health.Although proof of the benefits of multivitamin is still far from certain, the few dollars you spend on them is probably a good investment.10.Ground-breaking discovery is admired pur

23、ely as a stroke of genus.答案：B解析：录音提到“Ground-breaking discovery is widely (though not universally) regarded as a product of great value in itself.”，从widely (though not universally)可以看出那些突破性发现被广泛但并不完全被看做本身包含巨大的价值，因此题干中purely（完全地）过于绝对。【录音原文】In science and mathematics, the most fundamental outcome of cr

24、eative intellectual effort is important new knowledge.Generally, scientists and mathematicians are clear on the difference between such knowledge and that which results from incremental advances within established intellectual frameworks.Ground-breaking discovery is widely (though not universally) r

25、egarded as a product of great value in itself, but it is also valued more pragmatically -as an enabler of technological innovation.11.China is trying to help find a peaceful solution to the nuclear showdown in North Korea by sponsoring the six-nation talks.答案：A解析：录音中首先指出“作为中国主要贸易伙伴的朝鲜与中国的经济合作关系快速发展”

26、，接着提到“中国采取了强硬的外交政策，尤其在解决朝鲜危机的的六国会谈上体现出来”，因此题干表述正确。【录音原文】South Koreas economic ties with China, now its leading trading partner, are growing rapidly.As a budding rival to the United States for influence in Northeast Asia, China has assumed a new muscular diplomacy, most notably in the six-nation talk

27、s to resolve the North Korean crisis.12.The speaker says that a total of 17 people in Chinas Shanxi Province have died from encephalitis B which is an inflammation of the brain that occurs under the age of 18 and is usually infected with mosquitoes.答案：B解析：数字信息的找寻和判断。该段录音主要和Encephalitis B（乙型脑炎）相关，录音中

28、提到“Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can occur at any age and is usually the result of a viral infection.”，表明Encephalitis是一种任何年龄的人都有可能患的脑部炎症，该炎症是病毒感染的结果。由此可见，题干中“18岁以下的人有可能患该病，并且该炎症是通过蚊子感染的”的描述显然与录音原文不符。【录音原文】A total of 17 people have died from encephalitis B after being bitten by mo

29、squitoes in Yuncheng, a city in north Chinas Shanxi Province in the last two weeks, local health authorities said Friday.Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can occur at any age and is usually the result of a viral infection.It may begin with a flu-like illness or a headache.13.The rea

30、lity of todays world is mundane as compared with the world of the Internet.答案：B解析：录音的主要内容是：之前人们认为网络的发展会最终代替国家的乌托邦式梦想已经成为了过去，真正情况是比较现实的，随着网络日益渗透到我们的社会，网络将会变得像其他全球性问题一样充满争议。因此题干所描述的“与网络世界相比，现实社会更加世俗”与录音内容不符。【录音原文】The old Utopian dream that the Internet would undermine the very notion of the nation sta

31、te belongs in the dustbin of history.The reality is rather more mundane: the sorts of disagreements that characterize other global issues such as trade, the environment and human rights, are now migrating to the net work, as the Internet becomes part of the fabric of everyday life.32.Our gestures ar

32、e always in line with what we say when we communicate with other people.答案：B解析：该段录音主要讲述见到一个陌生人时，我们会当即形成对他是什么样的人的印象。录音最后描述到“如果我们开始和他交谈，伴随我们话语的是其他姿势，而这些姿势may elucidate, emphasize, enhance or even contradict what we say”，根据contradict（否定；与矛盾）可以看出我们的姿势并不总与我们所说的话相一致。【录音原文】When we meet a stranger, we form

33、an immediate impression of the sort of man he is.Without thinking we take in small details of how he stands, the way he uses his hands, his eye movements and facial expressions.The conclusions we draw may or may not be correct, but they certainly affect our actions.If we start to talk with him, our

34、words are accompanied by other gestures which may elucidate, emphasize, enhance or even contradict what we say.14.In a hospital, nurses are usually kinder and friendlier towards patients than are the physicians.答案：B解析：观点态度的理解和判断。录音中指出没有无数护士的帮助，医生们不能为患者提供有效的医疗照顾，接着讲话者提到护士对于患者来说尤为重要，因为在住院期间护士通常与他们有密切的

35、接触。并未提到题干所描述的“在医院里，护士通常比医生对患者态度更和蔼和更友好”的内容。因此，该题表述有误。【录音原文】The physicians in a hospital form the core of the medical staff.But they could not provide effective medical care to their patients without the help of numerous nurses.For the patients, the nursing staff is particularly important.Nurses are

36、usually in close contact with patients as long as they are in the hospital.15.Fisheries can make great benefits from catching seabirds.答案：B解析：录音中指出许多海鸟因成为商业捕捞的副渔获品而受到威胁，如果限制捕鱼无法奏效，最后的方法往往是关闭渔场。目前两位生态学家提出一个更好的方法“biodiversity offsetting”，也就是对副渔获物征税，然后把由此获得的钱用于其他对海鸟的保护中去。因此题干与录音内容不符。【录音原文】Youve heard o

37、f offsetting carbon.Well how about offsetting dead seabirds? Many seabird populations are threatened because the birds end up as by-catch in commercial fishing nets.If restricting fishing fails, the last resort is usually to close fisheries.Now two ecologists claim that a better way may be biodivers

38、ity offsetting-placing a levy on by-catch and using the money to pay for alternative conservation efforts.16.Reducing social inequalities is likely to help to reduce the number of violent crimes.答案：A解析：录音中指出导致暴力的危险因素包括“alcohol, drugs, firearms and economic and social inequalities”，而减少这些危险因素可以减少所有种类的

39、暴力，因此题干表述正确。【录音原文】When we speak of violence it is important to understand these different categories.However, it is also crucial to understand that they are closely interrelated.Many risk factors are common to all forms of violence.These include alcohol, drugs, firearms and economic and social inequ

40、alities.Reducing these risk factors will reduce all types of violence.17.There was a time when books were accessible only to monks and priests.答案：A解析：特定信息的找寻和判断。录音中指出“Broadly speaking, there was a time when books were hand-printed on rare leather by monks.The only people who could read them were pri

41、ests.”，表明曾经有一段时间，书籍是和尚用手在珍贵的皮子上写的，而唯一能读懂的人是牧师。由此可知，题干所描述的“曾经只有和尚和牧师能读懂书”与录音原文意思相符。【录音原文】Broadly speaking, there was a time when books were hand-printed on rare leather by monks.The only people who could read them were priests, who got a regular eyeful of the really cool cartoons the monks drew in th

42、e margins.The priests read the books aloud, in Latin to a predominantly non-Latin-speaking audience in cathedrals.18.The Federal Reserve was confident about the value of the dollar even as it continues to fall.答案：A解析：录音中首先指出随着美国经济的快速复苏，美元一直处于疲软的状态，接着提到这周刚开始“it fell after an upbeat assessment by the

43、Federal Reserve, upbeat意为“乐观的；高兴的”，由此可见美联储对美元还是很有信心的，因此题干表述符合录音内容。【录音原文】The dollar has been weakening even as Americas economy has been picking up sharply.At the start of this week it fell after an upbeat assessment by the Federal Reserve.The Fed said that it would keep interest rates unchanged an t

44、hat they would not rise for a considerable period.19.Gordon Brown, the newly elected Prime Minister is working hard to promote Britain as world-class in education.答案：B解析：录音中指出即将成为首相的Gordon Brown呼吁全国进行一场关于怎样能使英国教育达到世界一流水平的辩论，因此题干“新上任的英国首相Gordon Brown正在致力于促进英国教育水平达到世界一流水平”与录音有出入。【录音原文】In a speech to c

45、ity grandees on June 20th, Gordon Brown who will be prime minister set out his plans for continuing the permanent revolution.He called for a national debate on how to make Britain world-class in education.And he promised to set up a new talking-shop: a National Council for Educational Excellence, in

46、 which to have it.Part II1.One global trend in business is to_A.develop overseas marketB.attract more foreign investmentC.give the consumers more benefitsD.merge with each other and become more competitive答案：D解析：主旨题。录音首句为中心句，该句指出“The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisition

47、s ever witnessed”，可知商业机构相互兼并是全球商业的发展趋势。同时录音结尾句提到“wont the wave of business concentration turn into uncontrollable anti-competitive force?”，表明企业之间兼并的目的是为了更具有竞争力。因此选项D的描述与录音表述内容相符。【录音原文】The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed.The process sweeps from hyper

48、active America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might.Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying wont the wave of business concentration turn into uncontrollable anti-competitive force?2.Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the passage you have just heard?A.The new vision of agriculture will support US expansion of power overseas.B.The new vision will enhance public health and social well-being.C.The new vision embraces technologies for the cloning of rare species of wildlife.D.The new vision promotes agriculture as a